Large Aden Gerbil

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Large Aden Gerbil
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Gerbillus Species: G. poecilops
Binomial name
Gerbillus poecilops Yerbury & Thomas, 1895

The Large Aden Gerbil (Gerbillus poecilops) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

[edit] References

• Harrison, D. 1996. Gerbillus poecilops. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.